Oregon State University

Bowing under the weight of an escalating child sex scandal that has engulfed Penn State, university President Graham Spanier stepped down late Wednesday. Spanier's departure ends his 15-year stint at the helm of one of the nation's largest universities, and came hand-in-hand with the Penn State board of trustees' decision to sack Joe Paterno just hours after he announced his own retirement. In a news conference with nearly the full board in attendance, trustee John P. Surma said his colleagues unanimously decided it was in the best long-term interests of the university to change leadership. "We handled it the best way we could," he said. Spanier will be...

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